Philo man accused of child endangerment sentenced to jail

A 22-year-old Philo man accused of child endangerment in a case where his cousin allowed her 2-year-old son to swallow life-threatening amounts of alcohol and methamphetamine was recently sentenced to spend 90 days in jail and three years on probation, according to the Mendocino County District Attorney's Office.

Raymond Mabery was a co-defendant with Samantha Delvalle, 23, whose mother rushed her grandson to the hospital May 7 after first being concerned about how sick the toddler looked when she picked him up from Delvalle's home and then smelling alcohol in the child's vomit.

Mabery took a plea bargain that dropped the felony child endangerment charge he was facing, according to District Attorney David Eyster. Mabery pleaded guilty instead to possessing drug paraphernalia and having a gun while under the influence of a controlled substance, Eyster said.

Delvalle in July admitted to the child endangerment charge and was sentenced to spend 270 days in jail and four years on probation, during which a violation of her release terms could land her in state prison for up to four years.

Deputies who responded to the hospital May 7 for the child abuse report went to Delvalle's home and found Delvalle and her cousin, Mabery, apparently under the influence of a controlled substance, the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office stated previously.

They also found alcoholic beverage containers and a methamphetamine pipe where the 2-year-old could reach them, according to the MCSO.

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